Anatomy of a bag: @LouisVuitton's Speedy by @bartleychris

30 Sep 2013 ANATOMY OF A BAG: LOUIS VUITTON In an ongoing series, we deconstruct the world’s most iconic accessories to tell their stories. This is Louis Vuitton’s Speedy Photography Ulysse Frechelin Editor Shiona Turini Words Christopher Bartley In the late ’90s, Marc Jacobs set off an It bag craze that hasn’t let up 15 years on. The Louis Vuitton monogram has been graffiti’d, Murakami’d, embroidered, fringed, cut, pasted, and collaged in a myriad of fabrics, styles, and eye-popping treatments. There’s now an epic arsenal of classic Vuitton shapes made for any possible micro-occasion. This season, the latest LV must-have speaks its must-haveness at a lower decibel than some of its forebears as the brand emphasizes quality and craft. Take, for example, the new Speedy bag in python, a paragon of handbag production that requires over 400 technical maneuvers in fabrication to...